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Ashdod (ăsh'dŏd), stronghold, castle. One of the five confederate cities of the Philistines, allotted to Judah, Joshua 15:46-47 : the chief seat of Dagon-worship, 1 Samuel 5:1-12. It was three miles from the Mediterranean, and midway between Gaza and Joppa. The place is called Azotus in the New Testament. Acts 8:40. It is now a mean Tillage called Esdud; near it are extensive ruins.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Ashdod'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/ashdod.html. 1893.
 
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